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Pastor Doug Bachelor.
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- Hello friends,
how are you doing?
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Would you like to
hear an amazing fact?
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In our world, death is
a universal fact of life,
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unless you're a jellyfish,
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this has been revealed in
a new study by researchers
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at the University
of Ovadias in Spain,
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The jellyfish Turritopsis
Dohrnii is the only known
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species that appears to be
able to rejuvenate repeatedly
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after reproduction,
becoming biologically immortal.
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Scientists are hoping
its DNA might hold the answer
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to the secret of eternal life.
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Most creatures age because
their DNA degrades over time,
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but the T. Dohrnii pulls
off an amazing biological feat
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to cheat death.
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Every member of the
species is an identical clone,
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and it starts life as
a polyp that then matures
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to an organism called a medusa,
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this isn't particularly unique,
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but what's amazing
about the T. Dohrnii
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is that if the medusas
get injured, sick, or old,
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they become a cyst
that turns back into a polyp
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and restarts the whole process,
churning out more clones,
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scientists call it
lifecycle reversal.
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It'd be something
like if a person got old
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and turned back into a fetus,
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or a chicken
turned back into an egg.
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Christian
scientists have often wondered,
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how can we have
eternal bodies in heaven
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like this immortal jellyfish,
seems to have been giving us
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some valuable insights on
how DNA can repair itself,
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and I think this is
fascinating, Pastor Ross,
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I've always wondered, you know,
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doesn't everything grow old?
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And how do we have
eternal, glorified bodies,
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bodies that are
doing real things?
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Well, this gives us a
little insight that, well,
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there's at least
one creature down here
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that seems to have
DNA that doesn't degrade.
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- It's really remarkable
when you think about it.
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So this octopus gets
old, or jellyfish gets old,
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and then it figures, "Well,
my life's coming to an end,
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so I'm gonna grow
this little nodule,"
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and from that eventually
develops into another octopus
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and has the same DNA, so it's
not exactly the same octopus
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that, you know- - The jellyfish.
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- Oh, jellyfish,
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not the exact same
one, but nevertheless,
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it's coming from the
jellyfish, so it just continues.
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- Yeah. - It's
rather interesting.
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- So yeah, I was
researching a little bit today
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on what causes aging and the
scientists have sort of agreed
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there is no one silver bullet.
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Aging seems to happen
because a lot of things
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start to happen
at the same time.
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So even if you found
a solution for the DNA,
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there's other things and
it's like a perfect storm
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as you get older, and I
suppose whatever God had
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in that tree of life
would have the enzymes
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or whatever it is
that we're missing now,
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but we'll have that in
heaven, DNA won't grow old
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and we won't grow old.
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You know, there's that
promise in Revelation 21:4,
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"And God will wipe away
every tear from their eyes,
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and there'll be no more
death nor sorrow nor crying,
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neither shall
there be any more pain,
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for the former
things have passed away,"
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a world with no more death.
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- You know, sometimes
people hear about heaven
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and they think, "Wow, this
place where you live forever
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and everything's perfect,
could it really be real?"
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Well, the Bible says it's real,
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it's the home of the
redeemed, and we have a book,
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it's called
"Heaven, Is It For Real?"
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And this is the free offer,
we're happy to send it to anyone
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who would call and ask.
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The number to
call is 800-835-6747,
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and you can ask
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It's actually one of our
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it's an actual book, it's
called "Heaven, Is It For Real?"
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We'll be happy to
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who calls and asks.
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Now, we do have listeners that
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and if you'd
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we encourage you
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just amazingfacts.org,
you'll be able to read it there
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on our library at the website.
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- Amen. - Well, pastor,
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we have a number of
callers who are lined up,
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so before we get to it though,
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let's start with
a word of prayer.
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Dear Father, we want to
thank You for the opportunity
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to be able to open
Your Word and study.
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Indeed, Lord, Your
Word is a lamp to our feet
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and a light to our path, and
for us to come to a knowledge
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of the truth is life.
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So we do ask Your
blessing upon our time,
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be with those who are listening,
wherever they might be,
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in Jesus' name, amen.
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- Amen.
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- Well, we've got a number of
callers who are lined up here,
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and so we're gonna go to
our first caller this evening.
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We've got Martha
listening in California.
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Martha, welcome to the program.
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- [Martha] Hi,
thank you, pastors.
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My question tonight, it's
only come up a couple times,
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but it was always in
a professional situation
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and wasn't an appropriate
discussion for the time,
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but I've had the comment
made to me more than once
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that Jonathan and
David were homosexual lovers.
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Now, I know they loved
each other a lot, but you know,
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the way God spoke of
them, I know that's not true,
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I just wanna know how
to handle it scripturally.
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- Yeah, I would actually say
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that the question
really begs the evidence,
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what would lead a
person to say that?
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They're assuming because it
says that David loved Jonathan,
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it actually says, when
Jonathan died, David says,
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"I loved you more than the
love of a man for a woman."
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Well, that is not homosexuality,
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that's saying it's different,
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and clearly Jonathan was
married and had children,
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he had a son named Mephiboshet,
David had at least 10 wives,
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and I think it's just kind
of part of our sick society,
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they're assuming that
if a man loves a friend,
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it must be sexual, but there's
nothing in the text to hint
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that the love of David and
Jonathan was anything other
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than a profound love of two
friends that were of one heart.
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Yeah.
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So it's hard to persuade people
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that have their minds made
up to read something into it
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that's not in there.
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- Mm-hmm, absolutely.
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All right, well,
thank you, Martha.
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We've got Brittany
listening also from California.
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Brittany,
welcome to the program.
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- [Brittany] Hey. (laughs)
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- Hi, and your question.
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- [Brittany] Well, my question
is, who is the Antichrist?
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- Ooh, big question.
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Well, in a nutshell, and
the word Antichrist, you know,
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it means against,
Antichrist is something or power
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that is against Christ.
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Historically, the Protestant
church felt like the church
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that had developed in
Rome fulfilled that definition
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of the Mother of
Harlots, you know,
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the church is
compared to a bride,
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and they had believed,
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the Protestant
reformers like Luther and Calvin
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and everyone from
Spurgeon to Wesley,
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they saw what
happened with the church
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becoming a
political power in Rome,
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that it had become
Antichrist in its teachings,
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that didn't mean that all
the Roman Catholics were lost,
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it meant that its organization,
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its structure
began to teach things
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that were contrary to Christ.
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You know, things, for one thing,
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they got involved in idolatry.
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I think everyone can see that
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that's one of the commandments
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and the regal way that
the priests and the popes
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were treated when
Jesus was, you know,
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He didn't have a
place to lie His head,
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and they're the representatives
or the "vicars of Christ".
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Typically, the Protestants
identified the papacy
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as the Antichrist,
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more specifically
the office of the Pope.
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- And the
Antichrist, as you said,
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is one who is opposed to Christ,
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but it also has
an added definition,
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and that is to put oneself-
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- [Both] In the place of Christ,
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- Receiving worship or homage,
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and of course we know
that, from the medieval church,
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that crept into Christianity.
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- [Doug] Now, we have a lesson.
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- We do, it's called
"Who is the Antichrist,"
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we'll be happy to
send that to you, Brittany,
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or anyone who calls and asks.
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The number to call is
800-835-6747 and you can ask
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for the study guide, it's
called "Who Is The Antichrist?"
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and we'll send it to you,
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it's part of the
Amazing Facts Study Guides,
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it's a whole series of lessons,
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they get into a number
of very important topics
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in the Bible,
and we encourage you,
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if you have not gone
through those lessons,
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you need to do
so, just also ask.
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When you call, say,
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"I'd like to enroll in the free
Amazing Facts Bible course,"
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and I'll be happy to do that.
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We've got Anthony
listening in New York.
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Anthony, welcome to the program.
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- [Anthony] Hello,
good evening, Pastors.
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- Evening. - My question,
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it has to do with two
verses, Matthew 24, verse.
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- I think we lost you.
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Can you press
Anthony again there?
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- [Anthony]
Sorry, yes, Matthew 24:29
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and Revelation
6:13-14, and I wanna know
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how to reconcile the two because
I've always learned that,
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you know, they said some
of the moon turning to blood,
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and the sun
darkening, and the stars falling
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has already
happened in the past.
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I've heard that in, you
know, Revelation seminars,
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they said these
things have happened already,
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but then in Matthew 24:29
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it appears to say
that it's gonna happen
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after the great tribulation.
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- [Doug] Yep.
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- [Anthony] So I'm
just trying to figure out
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how to reconcile those two.
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- No, that's a good, that's
a good, legitimate question.
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There are some of the
prophecies that Jesus gives,
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especially in Matthew
24, where you've actually got
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the prophecies
repeat themselves,
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you might call it
a dual application.
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An example will be the disciples
are asking three questions
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in Matthew 24, they say,
"When will these things be?"
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He had just said
Jerusalem would be destroyed,
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there would not be
left one stone upon another
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at the temple,
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so they're asking about
the destruction of Jerusalem,
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then they said, "Now, what
is the sign of your coming?"
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So they're asking about
signs in the end of the world,
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so He gives them
signs through history,
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He talks about the
destruction of Jerusalem,
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and He gives 'em more
specific things about His return
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and the end of the world.
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So the things that happened
with the sun turning dark
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and the moon turning to blood
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and the stars
falling from heaven,
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there have been, historically,
some, and a great earthquake,
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there have historically
been some great cases
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of these things that
happened after the time periods
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given in the prophecy,
but they will happen again
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in quick succession
at the return of Christ.
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So I guess the
easy answer is to say
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they happen more than once,
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it's what you would call a
dual application of prophecy.
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- Yes, there's
also two tribulations
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that's spoken of both in Matthew
24 and also in Revelation.
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You have the 1,260
years of papal supremacy
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from 538 until 1798,
that was a time of trouble,
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there was a tribulation
for Bible-believing Christians,
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many of them were persecuted.
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Yeah, the
Protestant Reformation,
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that's one time of trouble,
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but then you have
another time of trouble
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according to Daniel 10.
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Oh, Daniel chapter, where is it?
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12 verse one,
where Michael stands up
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and there is a
great time of trouble,
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worse than the
world has ever seen,
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that hasn't yet
happened, that's in the future,
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so there are two
times of trouble.
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So immediately
after the tribulation-
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- I would argue-
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- Those days. -
There were three times
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of trouble.
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I think that you- -
Oh, you mean Jerusalem
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as well? - Yeah, absolutely.
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- Yeah. - Yeah, he's also
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talking about the
fall of Jerusalem,
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so that that
would be one. - Yeah.
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And then of course,
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Jesus said immediately after
the tribulation of those days,
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then there'll be, you
know, a great earthquake,
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the sun will
turn dark, and so on,
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and we have the
Lisbon earthquake in 1755
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all the way up to the
falling of the stars in 1833.
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- Yep. - So we have succession
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of the dark day
and the blood moon.
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- And the concentrated places
of Christianity on the planet
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saw these things, and so
they even took them as signs
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in the day they were happening.
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- All right, well,
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thank you,
Nicole. - Thanks, friend,
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good question.
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- We got E. Frank
listening from New York.
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E. Frank,
welcome to the program.
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- [E. Frank] Yes,
good evening, Pastor Doug-
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- Evening. - And Pastor Ross,
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I have a question
that's been bothering me,
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my person, for
many, many years now,
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it's in regards
to the Quaker faith.
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I have a story that
has to do with a girl
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that was in my
second grade class,
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she would always be attached
to me and offer me membership
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in the friends
meeting, Quaker society,
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and I asked her at that time
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if Quaker's
believe in holy scripture,
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and she said, "No, not, we
don't believe in scripture,
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we believe that
God works within us
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and that God works
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through every single
human being on earth,
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we don't believe in
discriminating against anyone,
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and we certainly we
apply the teachings of Jesus
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most of the
time to our beliefs,"
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and I am very
confused because they do say
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that they believe in Christ,
they believe in the Bible,
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but they profess to
have a belief in humanism,
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in other words, so could
you rectify that, Pastor Doug?
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- Well, I'll do my best, of
course, the Quaker religion,
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as with a number of
denominations, you know,
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the Lutherans today are
different from the Lutherans
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in the days of Martin Luther.
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Methodists today,
Calvinists are different
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than they were in the days
of John Wesley or John Calvin,
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the Quakers today,
their beliefs, you know,
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originally they were
trying to base their beliefs
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off the Bible,
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but over time they began
to put more and more emphasis
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on the inner
feeling and the spirit,
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so pretty soon they
got where the feelings
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and the spirit, and the
experience began to trump
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scripture, and it
was more important.
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I remember growing up
eating a lot of Quaker oatmeal
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with the, you know,
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the picture of the
Puritan-looking Quaker with a
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hat and so forth, but
they've changed quite a bit
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over the years, and
it's more like a society now,
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because if you wanna
argue with them from scripture,
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you probably won't get very far.
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They use some scripture,
you know, they believe
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in loving their brothers
and they're a nonviolent
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when it comes to war,
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but in a number of
other doctrinal areas,
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it's pretty, diverges
pretty far from scripture,
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so I hope that
helps a little, E. Frank,
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thank you for your question.
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- Next caller we have is
Derek, listening in Minnesota.
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Derek, welcome to the program.
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- [Derek] Well, hi, Pastor Doug.
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Hi, Pastor Ross.
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- Hi.
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- I have a quick question,
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I brought this out
in my Sabbath school
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and the elder gave
me a really weird look
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like it was
blasphemous, but I thought you,
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I've heard you
mention sort of that Jesus
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had Joseph's DNA somehow,
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and I'm not really
sure how you explained it,
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but I mentioned it and they
looked at me like I was crazy,
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so I wasn't sure what you think.
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- Well, let me be clear,
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and I think when I
did make that statement,
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I've tried to also
be clear that, you know,
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we don't have a
DNA sample of Jesus
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to measure with a
DNA sample of Joseph.
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To give you an answer on that,
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the Bible says that Christ was
conceived of the Holy Spirit,
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and I've talked to
Jewish scholars before that said
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that, these are
Jewish Christians,
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they said that it's
entirely possible for God
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to inseminate Mary
with the Holy Spirit
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and something divine, and
still have attributes of Joseph,
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is certainly not
hard for the Lord,
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and one of their
arguments for that
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is that the genealogy of
Jesus, the one given in Matthew,
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follows the line
of Joseph to David,
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and if there's no
blood relation to Joseph,
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why does that happen?
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Well, you know,
that's one argument,
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and then of course
the genealogy in Luke,
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I think is tracing
through Joseph's father-in-law,
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which would be Mary's father,
so, you know, we don't know,
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but it's entirely
possible that God took something
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of Joseph also
and had that in Mary,
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it certainly was
a miraculous event,
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but I would not die on that
mountain, it was just a theory.
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- All right,
well, thank you, Derek,
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and of course, just to clarify,
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you fully agreed that, you
know, Christ was miraculously,
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Mary was a virgin
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when she gave birth-
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- Yes. - To Jesus.
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- Yeah, yeah, yeah, no.
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- There's no question
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about that- - when it says,
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"Conceived by the Holy Spirit,
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I was just saying
that whatever that sperm is
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that God used
to inseminate Mary,
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it would not have
been beyond the Lord
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to have some
attributes of Joseph.
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I don't know, you know?
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- Right. - So, yeah.
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- Okay, that was
that. - If that happens,
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that solves a problem
of why the two genealogies.
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- Right, right.
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All right, thank you.
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Julie is
listening in South Dakota.
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Julie, welcome to the program.
00:17:37.19\00:17:39.42
- [Julie] Oh, well
thank you very much, pastors.
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I was wondering,
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I believe that Jesus is
going to return very soon
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and so what can a person
do to make sure they're saved
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before He returns?
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- Well, first of all,
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I wouldn't let the return
of Christ be the only motive,
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I think every
one of us is blessed
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to have another day of life
and another breath or heartbeat,
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and so we wanna
know immediately.
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Say, "Lord, is my
life in Your hands?"
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And to follow the
simple criteria that God gives,
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to come humbly, sincerely,
confess that we are sinners,
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confess our sins to
God, repent of our sins
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and say you accept the
sacrifice of Jesus on the cross
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and His shed
blood in your behalf,
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that you might be
forgiven and given a new birth,
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a new heart, and a new life,
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and I'd say you might
need to do that more than once.
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In other words,
Paul said, "I die daily,"
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means he died to
himself every day.
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Experienced a new birth each day
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and just keep your
relationship with the Lord
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fresh and growing,
and we've got a book
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on three steps to
heaven. - That's right,
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that's what I was thinking
about, it's a great resource,
00:18:54.10\00:18:56.16
kind of help encourage
anyone how you can have
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that daily
connection with Christ,
00:18:58.93\00:19:00.77
it's called
"Three Steps to Heaven,"
00:19:00.77\00:19:02.10
we'll be happy to
send the book to anyone
00:19:02.10\00:19:03.71
who calls and asks.
00:19:03.71\00:19:05.24
The number again is
800-835-6747, just ask for the
00:19:05.24\00:19:09.18
book, it's called
"Three Steps to Heaven,"
00:19:09.18\00:19:11.01
we'll be happy to send it
to anyone who calls and asks.
00:19:11.01\00:19:14.28
We've got Gina
listening in California.
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Gina, welcome to the program.
00:19:16.45\00:19:18.79
- [Gina] Thank you
so much, hello, pastors.
00:19:18.79\00:19:21.92
Please, my question
is about being meek,
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meekness from the Bible,
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because that does not mean weak,
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and we're called to be soldiers
for Christ, and so please,
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could you give a better
definition or some examples?
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- Yeah, you know,
well, for one thing,
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the Bible talks about Moses
as being one of the meekest mans
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in all of the earth.
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Moses was very
strong leader in the way
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that he boldly went
before Pharaoh and said,
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"Let my people go."
00:19:49.48\00:19:50.85
Jesus was incredibly
strong and courageous and brave,
00:19:50.85\00:19:55.59
but He was also very humble
00:19:55.59\00:19:58.29
in that He would
not claim His rights.
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He, you know, took
children up in His arms,
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He was, the Bible says
He was gentle and lowly.
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Now people confuse
meekness with weakness,
00:20:06.94\00:20:09.67
and they really are
completely different things.
00:20:09.67\00:20:12.24
You could have a
very brave, courageous,
00:20:12.24\00:20:15.04
strong man who's
also meek and humble,
00:20:15.04\00:20:19.68
and so there, one is, you
know, an attitude of humility,
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it's not a trait of weakness.
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- All right,
well, thank you, Gina.
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Next call is Perlita
listening in New York.
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Perlita, welcome to the program.
00:20:32.36\00:20:34.00
- [Perlita] Yes, sir.
00:20:35.10\00:20:36.90
I want to ask to our
pastor about Matthew 20:30
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It says here, "At that
time, the sign of the son of man
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will appear in the sky
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and all the nations
of the earth will mourn,
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they will see the son of man
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coming on the clouds of the sky
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with power and glory."
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Is this the rapture
of the church, pastor?
00:21:01.66\00:21:05.29
- Well, when they
see the Lord coming,
00:21:05.29\00:21:08.33
this is a visible
coming of the Lord.
00:21:08.33\00:21:11.03
This is connected
with 1 Thessalonians 4
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where it says that the Lord
Himself will descend from heaven
00:21:14.90\00:21:18.07
"with a shout, with
the voice of the archangel,
00:21:18.07\00:21:20.14
the trump of God, the
dead in Christ will rise,
00:21:20.14\00:21:23.01
then we who are alive and remain
will be caught up together
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with them in the clouds, so
shall we ever be with the Lord."
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So when we are caught up after
our bodies are transformed,
00:21:29.35\00:21:33.86
that is a rapture,
it's just not a secret
00:21:33.86\00:21:36.36
because you got a
trumpet the glory of the Lord
00:21:36.36\00:21:38.93
coming with the angels,
00:21:38.93\00:21:40.60
so we would respectfully
disagree with those who say
00:21:40.60\00:21:43.50
that the people are
gonna disappear secretly,
00:21:43.50\00:21:47.24
we think it's a very visible
rapture that takes place,
00:21:47.24\00:21:50.54
that's what the word
rapture means, to be caught up.
00:21:50.54\00:21:53.04
- So the Bible
teaches that when Jesus comes,
00:21:53.04\00:21:55.14
life's not gonna
continue on earth normally,
00:21:55.14\00:21:58.65
the dead are gonna be destroyed
00:21:58.65\00:21:59.71
by the brightness of His coming,
00:21:59.71\00:22:00.92
the righteous are
gonna be caught up
00:22:00.92\00:22:02.28
into the air with Jesus.
00:22:02.28\00:22:04.12
So yes, nothing secret about
the second coming of Christ.
00:22:04.12\00:22:07.02
- People will take
the verse where it says,
00:22:07.02\00:22:08.42
"But He's coming as a thief,"
00:22:08.42\00:22:10.03
and they think
that means secretly,
00:22:10.03\00:22:11.33
but they've gotta
read that whole verse
00:22:11.33\00:22:13.53
in 2 Peter 3, and I think
it starts with verse eight.
00:22:13.53\00:22:17.03
It says, "The day of the
Lord will come as a thief
00:22:17.03\00:22:19.27
in the night, in
which the heavens pass away
00:22:19.27\00:22:22.00
with a great noise and the
elements melt with fervent heat,
00:22:22.00\00:22:25.71
and the earth and the
things in it are burned up."
00:22:25.71\00:22:28.28
So as Pastor Ross said,
when the Lord comes as a thief,
00:22:28.28\00:22:31.25
life doesn't go on
for seven more years.
00:22:31.25\00:22:33.88
- You know, got a
book talking about this
00:22:33.88\00:22:35.62
called "Anything But Secret,"
and again, we'll send this
00:22:35.62\00:22:38.02
to anyone who calls and asks,
00:22:38.02\00:22:39.22
the number is 800-835-6747.
00:22:39.22\00:22:42.82
You can ask for the book, it's
called "Anything But Secret,"
00:22:42.82\00:22:45.16
it's all about the
second coming of Christ
00:22:45.16\00:22:47.30
and the rapture of the saints.
00:22:47.30\00:22:48.63
When we are caught up
to meet Jesus in the air,
00:22:48.63\00:22:51.07
what happens to the wicked?
00:22:51.07\00:22:52.67
Thank you for your call.
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Next caller that we have is,
00:22:53.64\00:22:54.87
we got Moby,
listening in Canada.
00:22:55.97\00:22:58.41
Moby, welcome.
00:22:58.41\00:22:59.34
Moby in Canada. - Hello.
00:23:02.18\00:23:03.31
- Yes, you're on the air.
00:23:03.31\00:23:05.58
- [Moby] Good evening.
00:23:05.58\00:23:07.05
- Evening!
00:23:07.05\00:23:07.95
And your question.
00:23:09.52\00:23:10.52
- [Moby] Yes, I have a
question regarding, you know,
00:23:11.79\00:23:15.89
I'm a first year student,
00:23:15.89\00:23:17.93
I'm doing computer
science in a STEM course.
00:23:17.93\00:23:20.66
We're in, I mean, like, I'm
in the academic world, you know,
00:23:22.03\00:23:26.43
it's just, I'm just
infiltrated with, you know,
00:23:26.43\00:23:29.90
teaching of
evolution and, you know,
00:23:29.90\00:23:31.84
I just doubt, you
know, creation and,
00:23:32.94\00:23:35.31
you know, what the
purpose of human life is,
00:23:35.31\00:23:37.85
I've been really doubting it,
00:23:37.85\00:23:41.22
can you show me
verses to, you know,
00:23:41.22\00:23:44.39
help me to encourage my faith?
00:23:44.39\00:23:46.65
- Yeah, well, as far as verses,
00:23:47.46\00:23:48.86
there's no question
if you believe the Bible,
00:23:48.86\00:23:51.03
it tells us that God created
the world in six literal days,
00:23:51.03\00:23:54.20
you'll find that
in Genesis 1 and 2,
00:23:54.20\00:23:56.46
and several times
through the Bible,
00:23:57.73\00:24:00.67
Jesus reiterates that
God created everything.
00:24:00.67\00:24:03.97
John says God made
all things through Christ,
00:24:03.97\00:24:07.11
and so the divine
creation is from cover to cover,
00:24:07.11\00:24:10.78
even in, you
know, Revelation 14,
00:24:10.78\00:24:12.31
"Worship Him that made
the heaven, and the earth,
00:24:12.31\00:24:15.25
and the sea, and
the fountains of water."
00:24:15.25\00:24:16.58
So there's lots of scripture,
00:24:16.58\00:24:18.22
but I used to
be an evolutionist,
00:24:18.22\00:24:20.56
and the more I thought about it,
00:24:20.56\00:24:22.12
the more I realized
that evolution is extremely
00:24:22.12\00:24:26.09
illogical, and for me
the most powerful argument
00:24:27.20\00:24:28.70
is that you have
no example anywhere
00:24:28.70\00:24:31.73
in the observable universe
00:24:31.73\00:24:34.07
where you get
inner working systems,
00:24:34.07\00:24:36.20
and complicated
organized design,
00:24:36.20\00:24:38.97
and all these symbiotic
relationships, and just
00:24:38.97\00:24:44.01
complicated, incredibly
exquisite design, by chance, you
00:24:45.28\00:24:49.98
know, a human body and the
way that our eyes, and our ears,
00:24:51.32\00:24:54.02
and our brains work
is so sophisticated,
00:24:54.02\00:24:57.16
the idea that that happened
by accident through, you know,
00:24:57.16\00:25:01.70
biologic processes and
that we have no purpose,
00:25:01.70\00:25:04.40
we're all just these
biological algae on the planet,
00:25:04.40\00:25:08.54
that is so hard to comprehend.
00:25:09.54\00:25:13.34
For example, if you're
walking through the desert
00:25:13.34\00:25:16.64
and you see a
motorcycle up on a kickstand
00:25:18.05\00:25:20.48
out in the middle of the desert,
00:25:20.48\00:25:22.68
and you know something about
motorcycles, and you hop on,
00:25:22.68\00:25:25.22
you kick it, and it
starts and you ride off.
00:25:25.22\00:25:28.09
Would you ever, ever
believe that that motorcycle
00:25:28.09\00:25:30.53
came out of the sand?
00:25:30.53\00:25:31.83
No, it came from a motorcycle
factory where engineers
00:25:33.13\00:25:35.26
worked a long time on
developing that motorcycle
00:25:35.26\00:25:37.80
and very, an international
process of assembling the parts
00:25:37.80\00:25:42.57
of materials to
make that motorcycle.
00:25:42.57\00:25:44.77
You know, and it'd accept
that it's extremely complicated,
00:25:44.77\00:25:48.54
we are much more complicated
than a car or a motorcycle,
00:25:48.54\00:25:53.05
and to think that
these inner working systems
00:25:53.05\00:25:55.32
happen by accident,
to me is a powerful proof
00:25:55.32\00:25:59.92
that there has to
be an intelligent God
00:25:59.92\00:26:02.52
for the complexity of
life we have on our planet.
00:26:02.52\00:26:04.96
- You know, we got a book,
00:26:04.96\00:26:06.36
it's called "How Evolution
Flunked the Science Test,"
00:26:06.36\00:26:08.60
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these dilemmas that, well,
00:26:08.60\00:26:12.13
science can't explain, and
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- Welcome back,
listening friends,
00:29:26.66\00:29:28.10
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My name is Doug Bachelor.
00:29:37.77\00:29:39.47
- My name is John Ross,
00:29:39.47\00:29:40.84
and we have Anastasia
who is listening in Canada.
00:29:40.84\00:29:44.05
Anastasia,
welcome to the program.
00:29:44.05\00:29:45.81
- [Anastasia] Hey, hello.
00:29:46.82\00:29:47.98
- Hi.
00:29:47.98\00:29:48.88
- [Anastasia] Hi, I
just had a question about,
00:29:49.98\00:29:51.99
I think it's Proverbs
13 when it talks about,
00:29:51.99\00:29:54.96
"Don't spare the rod
and spoil the child,"
00:29:54.96\00:29:57.69
so to me I think that's
like a metaphor for discipline,
00:29:59.06\00:30:02.86
but, like, I know
some people might think
00:30:02.86\00:30:06.03
that literally means, like,
if your kid's doing bad things,
00:30:06.03\00:30:09.00
like, hit them.
00:30:09.00\00:30:10.41
Like, I've heard
people say that before
00:30:10.41\00:30:11.87
and I'm not too sure,
00:30:11.87\00:30:13.24
I'm pretty sure,
like, Jesus doesn't hit us
00:30:14.68\00:30:16.71
when we do things wrong,
00:30:16.71\00:30:18.28
so I just want to
know your take on that.
00:30:18.28\00:30:21.18
- Yeah, well, the Lord
is, of course, a loving God,
00:30:21.18\00:30:23.75
but I think the Bible does
teach that God disciplines us,
00:30:23.75\00:30:28.62
and it doesn't mean that
He smacks us down with a rod
00:30:29.99\00:30:32.69
every time we
do something wrong,
00:30:32.69\00:30:33.80
there's a a
broad spectrum of ways
00:30:33.80\00:30:36.20
that you might
discipline your child,
00:30:36.20\00:30:39.40
it might be quiet time,
00:30:39.40\00:30:41.24
it might be taking
away some privilege,
00:30:41.24\00:30:43.51
but the Bible also says
that the Lord chastens every son
00:30:43.51\00:30:46.84
who he loves, I
think it's in Hebrews
00:30:46.84\00:30:48.74
as well as in Proverbs,
00:30:48.74\00:30:51.48
and sometimes that
might mean doing something
00:30:51.48\00:30:55.58
where you
inflict appropriate pain
00:30:55.58\00:31:00.42
it might be on the posterior,
00:31:00.42\00:31:01.96
and now I've got
six kids and you know,
00:31:01.96\00:31:05.59
sometimes because I love them
and I don't want them to die,
00:31:05.59\00:31:10.43
when they kept
meandering off into the street
00:31:10.43\00:31:14.30
after I'd say, "Do
not go on the street,
00:31:14.30\00:31:16.60
do not go on the street,"
00:31:16.60\00:31:18.11
and they wouldn't
listen, out of love for them,
00:31:18.11\00:31:22.98
I might give them a
little bit of pain so that,
00:31:22.98\00:31:26.95
you know, spank 'em.
00:31:26.95\00:31:28.32
I know, there I said the
word, that they might go,
00:31:28.32\00:31:32.12
"Ooh, that hurts, I
don't wanna do that again."
00:31:32.12\00:31:35.02
The fact is that
everybody remembers
00:31:35.02\00:31:39.89
the way we
learn is through pain.
00:31:42.13\00:31:44.40
You know, the reason I
don't keep grabbing things
00:31:44.40\00:31:46.50
off the stove without a pot
holder is 'cause I've done it
00:31:46.50\00:31:49.24
without a pot
holder, and that just,
00:31:49.24\00:31:50.81
you only have to do it once
or twice and then you learn.
00:31:50.81\00:31:53.88
It's interesting.
00:31:53.88\00:31:55.48
Real quick, a couple
weeks ago I was cutting wood
00:31:55.48\00:31:58.81
in the hills and I
tossed a piece of wood
00:31:58.81\00:32:01.35
on a yellow jacket nest
and they came swarming out
00:32:01.35\00:32:04.82
like a bit twice, I will
never drive by that spot again,
00:32:04.82\00:32:09.76
even though
they'll be gone soon,
00:32:09.76\00:32:11.59
I'll never drive
by that spot again
00:32:11.59\00:32:13.66
and forget that
experience, I'll always know.
00:32:13.66\00:32:17.53
And so if something
about pain helps us survive,
00:32:17.53\00:32:20.37
and so sometimes you
might paddle a child if-
00:32:20.37\00:32:24.21
- Yeah, especially if the
child is young now, you know,
00:32:24.21\00:32:26.51
obviously when they're old
enough to make decisions and
00:32:26.51\00:32:29.14
you- - Like 21,
00:32:29.14\00:32:30.25
you start
stopping- - You've gotta try
00:32:30.25\00:32:30.91
some creative things,
00:32:30.91\00:32:31.71
when they get a little older.
00:32:31.71\00:32:33.52
But when a child is young,
00:32:33.52\00:32:34.92
sometimes you need to kind of
slap them on the hand and say,
00:32:34.92\00:32:37.02
"That's hot, don't touch it."
00:32:37.02\00:32:38.39
- Yeah. - Because you don't
00:32:38.39\00:32:39.19
want them to hurt themselves.
00:32:39.19\00:32:40.22
So the verse
you're referring to,
00:32:40.22\00:32:41.89
you've got, of
course, Proverbs 3:12,
00:32:41.89\00:32:43.63
but then also
Hebrews 12:6, it says,
00:32:43.63\00:32:45.89
"For whom the Lord
loves, He chastens,
00:32:45.89\00:32:48.23
and scourges every
son whom He receives."
00:32:48.23\00:32:51.07
So there we have the idea
of God does bring discipline
00:32:51.07\00:32:55.64
to guide us and lead us.
00:32:55.64\00:32:57.37
All right, thank you, Anastasia.
00:32:57.37\00:32:58.84
We got Terrence
listening from North Carolina.
00:32:58.84\00:33:01.31
Terrence,
welcome to the program.
00:33:01.31\00:33:03.65
- [Terrence] Hey,
thanks for taking my call.
00:33:03.65\00:33:05.11
I got a question for
you as in reference to,
00:33:05.11\00:33:09.05
according to our rewarded,
according to our works,
00:33:09.05\00:33:11.85
and Romans 2:6,
00:33:11.85\00:33:14.69
there's a dozen
of verses for this,
00:33:14.69\00:33:17.16
and I guess it
would be a little humorous
00:33:17.16\00:33:21.50
for Pastor Doug here.
00:33:21.50\00:33:23.37
Would Pastor Doug be in a
mansion and I would have a tent?
00:33:23.37\00:33:25.87
I mean, what does it mean
by, "According to our works?"
00:33:25.87\00:33:28.84
- Oh, well, you know,
00:33:28.84\00:33:31.14
I think that there
are varying degrees
00:33:31.14\00:33:33.07
of reward and punishment
according to the Bible.
00:33:33.07\00:33:36.24
First, let's
talk about punishment.
00:33:36.24\00:33:39.05
Jesus said he that
knew his masters well
00:33:39.05\00:33:42.25
and did not do it will
be beaten with many stripes
00:33:42.25\00:33:44.85
because he knew what God
wanted, he that did not know
00:33:44.85\00:33:47.46
and did not do it will
be beaten with few stripes.
00:33:47.46\00:33:50.66
Just notice they're both gonna
be punished but differently,
00:33:50.66\00:33:55.10
one many, one few, so there's
varying degrees of punishment.
00:33:55.10\00:33:58.70
Obviously the
duration and intensity of pain
00:33:58.70\00:34:02.54
that Adolph Hitler will
experience in the lake of fire
00:34:02.54\00:34:05.64
would be more severe
than some lost, you know,
00:34:05.64\00:34:09.18
18-year-old that
committed suicide,
00:34:09.18\00:34:11.18
sadly though they may be lost,
00:34:12.15\00:34:14.65
they're not gonna experience
the same degree of punishment
00:34:14.65\00:34:16.95
as Adolph Hitler.
00:34:16.95\00:34:18.75
Same thing with rewards,
00:34:18.75\00:34:20.26
there are those
who have given more,
00:34:20.26\00:34:22.09
and sacrificed more, and loved
the Lord, and had, you know,
00:34:22.09\00:34:26.53
more good works
and more self-denial,
00:34:26.53\00:34:28.73
they may surprise everybody
and people that we even know
00:34:28.73\00:34:32.57
nothing about could be
leading the parade in heaven
00:34:32.57\00:34:35.40
and they'll
have greater rewards,
00:34:35.40\00:34:37.07
whether that means a
bigger mansion, I don't know,
00:34:37.07\00:34:39.87
some people
(indistinct) anything,
00:34:39.87\00:34:42.18
but whatever the rewards are,
00:34:42.18\00:34:43.51
they're gonna be honored
somehow more in the kingdom.
00:34:43.51\00:34:46.92
- You know, you
think of some people
00:34:46.92\00:34:48.18
who actually gave their life
00:34:48.18\00:34:49.32
as a martyr. - Yeah.
00:34:49.32\00:34:50.82
- You got Stephen, for example,
00:34:50.82\00:34:53.05
and God rewards each
person according to their works
00:34:53.05\00:34:55.39
and how faithful they
were in difficult situations.
00:34:55.39\00:34:57.79
- They gave
everything for the Lord, yeah.
00:34:57.79\00:34:59.73
- You know,
00:34:59.73\00:35:00.60
the verse you're referring to
00:35:00.60\00:35:01.90
about the punishment of the
wicked is Luke 12:48 that says,
00:35:01.90\00:35:04.17
"He who knew the will of
his master and did not do it
00:35:04.17\00:35:06.90
shall be beaten
with many stripes,
00:35:06.90\00:35:08.77
whereas the one who
didn't, few stripes."
00:35:08.77\00:35:10.37
So there's the
verse, Luke 12:48.
00:35:10.37\00:35:13.07
Next caller that we have is
Evan, listening from Mexico.
00:35:13.07\00:35:16.18
Evan, welcome to the program.
00:35:16.18\00:35:17.71
- [Evan] Good evening, pastors.
00:35:20.12\00:35:21.75
I have a question for you,
guys, in regards to this verse.
00:35:21.75\00:35:24.72
(sighs) I got the wrong verse.
00:35:25.95\00:35:27.32
- Oh, sorry.
00:35:27.32\00:35:28.39
- I wanted the one,
clarity on where Jesus,
00:35:29.46\00:35:33.86
where it says in the
scriptures where Jesus went down
00:35:33.86\00:35:36.93
to the heart of the
earth and freed the captives,
00:35:36.93\00:35:39.27
or something like that.
- You're talking, I think,
00:35:39.27\00:35:40.90
is it 1 Peter 2,
Pastor Ross, where it says
00:35:40.90\00:35:45.51
he preached to
the spirits in prison?
00:35:45.51\00:35:47.41
- Yeah, that's it, that's it.
00:35:48.21\00:35:50.08
- Yeah.
00:35:50.08\00:35:51.15
And I think it
might be, let me see.
00:35:51.15\00:35:52.25
1 Peter 2, I'm just,
I'm going for memory now.
00:35:52.25\00:35:55.38
No. - 1 Peter 3.
00:35:56.45\00:35:58.72
- Three. - Verse 19.
00:35:58.72\00:35:59.92
- There it is, yeah.
00:35:59.92\00:36:01.09
- 18-19. - Yeah, "For Christ
00:36:01.09\00:36:03.29
also suffered once for sins,
00:36:03.29\00:36:04.86
the just for the unjust,
00:36:04.86\00:36:06.19
that He might bring us to God,
00:36:06.19\00:36:07.76
being put to death in
the flesh, but made alive
00:36:07.76\00:36:10.17
in the Spirit."
00:36:10.17\00:36:11.70
Now, the emphasis
here is the Spirit by whom,
00:36:11.70\00:36:15.40
through the Spirit,
He went and preached
00:36:15.40\00:36:17.61
to the spirits in
prison, in other words,
00:36:17.61\00:36:19.24
spirits here is small S,
00:36:19.24\00:36:21.18
it's basically saying
that it was the same Spirit,
00:36:21.18\00:36:24.51
the Holy Spirit
that rose Christ,
00:36:24.51\00:36:27.68
that Spirit strove with people
00:36:27.68\00:36:30.52
who formerly were disobedient,
00:36:30.52\00:36:32.32
"When once the
divine longsuffering waited
00:36:32.32\00:36:35.12
in the days of Noah,"
God was longsuffering,
00:36:35.12\00:36:38.13
that's when God says,
00:36:38.13\00:36:39.23
and Peter is
quoting from Genesis 6:3.
00:36:39.23\00:36:43.60
where He says, "My Spirit
will not always strive with man,
00:36:43.60\00:36:46.97
his days will be 120 years."
00:36:46.97\00:36:49.30
Well, that's
pretty longsuffering,
00:36:49.30\00:36:50.31
to give a person 120 years.
00:36:50.31\00:36:52.44
So Peter just saying
the same Spirit that strove
00:36:52.44\00:36:55.51
with the lost, people
imprisoned by the devil,
00:36:55.51\00:36:58.78
imprisoned by sin, the
Bible says that, you know,
00:36:58.78\00:37:01.48
people are held
captive by their sins.
00:37:01.48\00:37:03.89
That same Spirit is
the Spirit that rose Jesus.
00:37:03.89\00:37:06.62
Jesus did not go from the cross
down to some cavern of hell
00:37:06.62\00:37:11.69
and preach to give
lost people a second chance,
00:37:12.83\00:37:15.23
that would go against
everything else the Bible says,
00:37:15.23\00:37:17.80
where it tells us, "It's
appointed unto man once to die,
00:37:17.80\00:37:20.47
after that, the judgment,"
00:37:20.47\00:37:21.74
it's not, "Die, second
chance, then judgment,"
00:37:21.74\00:37:25.37
so this is an often
misunderstood verse.
00:37:25.37\00:37:29.41
- All right,
does that help, Evan?
00:37:29.41\00:37:31.25
- [Evan] Well, yeah,
I was just wondering,
00:37:32.71\00:37:33.95
well, who are the
captives that He freed?
00:37:33.95\00:37:36.72
- Well, it's talking about that
00:37:36.72\00:37:39.22
when Noah preached in
the days before the flood,
00:37:39.22\00:37:42.42
God preached to
those that were in prison
00:37:42.42\00:37:45.36
and the Lord, through the same
Spirit, He strove with them.
00:37:45.36\00:37:49.73
Some of the people
during that 120 years were saved
00:37:49.73\00:37:53.00
before the flood, for
one thing, Enoch was saved,
00:37:53.00\00:37:56.47
Methuselah was saved,
they all died before the flood.
00:37:56.47\00:37:59.71
Unfortunately,
as far as the flood,
00:37:59.71\00:38:02.34
just Noah and his family,
00:38:02.34\00:38:03.65
there were eight
souls that were saved,
00:38:03.65\00:38:05.55
and Peter mentions
that later on also.
00:38:05.55\00:38:08.32
- All right, well,
thanks for your call.
00:38:09.38\00:38:10.62
We've got Carol
listening in Oregon.
00:38:10.62\00:38:12.12
Carol, welcome to the program.
00:38:12.12\00:38:13.69
- [Carol] Good
evening, gentlemen.
00:38:14.72\00:38:15.76
Thank you for taking my call.
00:38:15.76\00:38:17.39
It's about the new moon.
00:38:18.19\00:38:19.93
I understand it was
a holiday or Sabbath
00:38:19.93\00:38:23.97
or something
observed in the Old Testament,
00:38:23.97\00:38:26.43
but I must confess
a degree of ignorance.
00:38:26.43\00:38:28.97
I've seen it mentioned
now and again in the Bible,
00:38:30.34\00:38:34.34
in the same sentence
along with the weekly Sabbath,
00:38:34.34\00:38:37.65
like in Isaiah where he
says, "One new moon to the next
00:38:37.65\00:38:42.18
and one Sabbath to
the next, all flesh
00:38:42.18\00:38:44.55
will come to worship,"
00:38:44.55\00:38:45.65
and I believe in
the New Testament too.
00:38:45.65\00:38:47.16
I thought it was Colossians,
00:38:47.16\00:38:49.59
I think St. Paul
also mentioned the two
00:38:49.59\00:38:52.29
in the same sentence as though
00:38:52.29\00:38:54.03
there were some
link between them,
00:38:54.03\00:38:56.26
but I don't know enough about
the new moon to really tell,
00:38:56.26\00:39:00.80
so I was hoping you
could fill in the picture.
00:39:00.80\00:39:03.30
- Well, yeah,
well, I'll do my best.
00:39:03.30\00:39:05.07
The Jewish calendar
was a lunar calendar,
00:39:05.07\00:39:07.64
it was governed by the
months and the word month we get
00:39:07.64\00:39:10.75
from the word
moon, they're related,
00:39:10.75\00:39:12.91
and so they had
the division of time.
00:39:12.91\00:39:15.48
There was the week, which
was, of course, every Sabbath,
00:39:15.48\00:39:19.52
new week began, you
had the seventh day,
00:39:19.52\00:39:21.22
then you followed
that at first, the month,
00:39:21.22\00:39:23.73
they had a 27-day calendar,
followed the lunar cycle.
00:39:23.73\00:39:28.40
The Jews would correct,
they'd correlate the solar year
00:39:28.40\00:39:33.23
with the lunar
year by adding a month,
00:39:34.34\00:39:36.30
I think it was every 13 years,
00:39:36.30\00:39:37.61
they would add a
month to compensate,
00:39:37.61\00:39:39.47
and so they actually had
a very accurate calendar,
00:39:39.47\00:39:42.81
and when it says in heaven,
"From one new moon to another,
00:39:42.81\00:39:46.21
from one sabbath to another,
00:39:46.21\00:39:47.28
all flesh will come
and worship before Me."
00:39:47.28\00:39:50.35
Now, I understand that you
realize that there are four
00:39:50.35\00:39:55.42
weeks in a month, approximately,
I think in heaven,
00:39:57.89\00:40:01.70
that the months are
gonna have 28 days exactly,
00:40:01.70\00:40:04.47
so every fourth Sabbath
is going to be a new month,
00:40:04.47\00:40:09.30
but it's also a Sabbath,
00:40:09.30\00:40:10.57
and so it's just
saying, "From week to week
00:40:11.61\00:40:14.01
and month to
month, all flesh will come
00:40:14.01\00:40:16.58
and worship before Me,"
00:40:16.58\00:40:17.81
but the new moons were
not part of the original law
00:40:19.18\00:40:21.78
or the Ten Commandments,
00:40:21.78\00:40:23.45
they were more connected
with the ceremonial services.
00:40:23.45\00:40:26.45
So I know that's sort of
a long meandering answer,
00:40:26.45\00:40:28.42
but appreciate
your openness, Carol.
00:40:28.42\00:40:30.66
Hope that made sense.
00:40:30.66\00:40:32.03
- And of course, the new
moon could fall on any day
00:40:32.03\00:40:34.36
of the week, whereas
the seventh day, Sabbath,
00:40:34.36\00:40:36.33
was always on the
seventh day of the week, right?
00:40:36.33\00:40:37.67
It didn't change.
00:40:37.67\00:40:38.90
- Now, we have a
book I think that talks
00:40:38.90\00:40:40.20
about feast days and Sabbaths.
00:40:40.20\00:40:41.67
- We do, and we'll be
happy to send that to anyone
00:40:41.67\00:40:43.64
who calls and asks.
00:40:43.64\00:40:45.17
Want to learn more about
the Old Testament feasts?
00:40:45.17\00:40:46.44
The number to
call is 800-835-6747.
00:40:46.44\00:40:49.98
And you can ask for the
book "New Moons and Sabbaths,"
00:40:49.98\00:40:52.71
how much of those ceremonial
laws are binding today, if any,
00:40:52.71\00:40:56.69
Well, you'll be surprised
at what the Bible has to say.
00:40:56.69\00:40:59.09
- Yep. - Next caller
00:40:59.09\00:41:00.52
that we have is Heather,
listening from California.
00:41:00.52\00:41:02.46
Heather, welcome to the program.
00:41:02.46\00:41:04.19
- [Heather] Thank
you for taking my call.
00:41:04.19\00:41:06.33
So I have a question,
is it ungodly and a sin
00:41:08.50\00:41:12.40
to get surgery to remove cancer?
00:41:12.40\00:41:14.90
- Why would you
think it might be?
00:41:14.90\00:41:16.97
I mean, something
generates your question.
00:41:16.97\00:41:19.74
Are you concerned it's a
lack of faith or something?
00:41:19.74\00:41:23.01
- [Heather] It was a
life or death thing for me
00:41:23.01\00:41:26.11
'cause I had a uterine
cancer and some family members
00:41:26.11\00:41:30.65
were telling me, saying, like,
00:41:30.65\00:41:31.69
if I have the
doctors remove my uterus
00:41:31.69\00:41:34.86
due to uncontrolled bleeding,
then I'm letting Satan win.
00:41:34.86\00:41:39.89
- No, sorry, I'd
respectfully disagree.
00:41:41.33\00:41:44.57
I think that I
know too many people
00:41:44.57\00:41:46.47
that have their lives
saved and lengthened by having,
00:41:46.47\00:41:51.31
you know, practical surgery.
00:41:51.31\00:41:53.74
You know, you don't
wanna go to any quack,
00:41:53.74\00:41:55.58
but if you're following
the best medical practices
00:41:55.58\00:42:00.22
and you combine faith
with good living practices,
00:42:00.22\00:42:04.92
take care of your health,
00:42:04.92\00:42:06.45
but if there's a
medical procedure
00:42:06.45\00:42:08.02
and it's gonna help
remove cancer, by all means.
00:42:08.02\00:42:12.49
I mean, even in the
Bible when Hezekiah was healed,
00:42:12.49\00:42:15.43
God told Isaiah to have him
place a pulpis of figs on his
00:42:15.43\00:42:19.93
boil to use some
medical procedure,
00:42:19.93\00:42:23.00
and the Bible
tells us in Ezekiel,
00:42:23.00\00:42:24.57
"The leaves of the
tree are for medicine."
00:42:24.57\00:42:27.21
So using some
medical procedure, Luke,
00:42:27.21\00:42:30.21
the one who
wrote the Book of Acts,
00:42:30.21\00:42:31.45
the Gospel of
Luke, was a physician.
00:42:31.45\00:42:33.95
There's no Bible mandate
that we should not use doctors
00:42:33.95\00:42:37.19
and surgery or
medical procedures.
00:42:37.19\00:42:39.39
- And you know, God
has given certain gifts
00:42:39.39\00:42:40.69
to certain individuals
where they have a keen mind,
00:42:40.69\00:42:43.02
they're able to
discern what symptoms might be,
00:42:43.02\00:42:46.66
they're able to
address the disease.
00:42:46.66\00:42:48.63
Now, ultimately
recognize that all healing
00:42:48.63\00:42:50.63
really comes from God, but
God can choose to use doctors,
00:42:50.63\00:42:54.00
and nurses, and medicine, and
surgery, and we want our faith
00:42:54.00\00:42:58.97
but also utilize the
resources He provided.
00:43:00.14\00:43:01.88
- I thank God for good doctors.
00:43:01.88\00:43:03.51
- Absolutely,
thank you for your call.
00:43:03.51\00:43:05.51
We've got, let's see, Iran
listening from, or Aaron rather,
00:43:05.51\00:43:09.22
Aaron listening from New York.
00:43:09.22\00:43:10.45
Aaron, welcome to the program.
00:43:10.45\00:43:12.02
- Greeting, Pastors. - Yeah.
00:43:13.12\00:43:15.02
- In the first part of Luke 18,
00:43:15.02\00:43:17.53
Jesus told the parable
of the persistent widow,
00:43:17.53\00:43:20.60
teaching His followers to
keep praying for something
00:43:20.60\00:43:23.10
and not to give up,
00:43:23.10\00:43:24.87
but in Matthew 6:7
00:43:24.87\00:43:28.24
Jesus said to His followers,
00:43:28.24\00:43:30.07
"Do not use vain
repetitions as the heathen do,
00:43:30.07\00:43:33.14
for they think
that they will be heard
00:43:33.14\00:43:35.28
for their many words."
00:43:35.28\00:43:36.51
My question is,
00:43:37.28\00:43:38.61
how can we pray persistently
without using vain repetitions?
00:43:38.61\00:43:42.82
- Yeah, good question,
that's a good question,
00:43:43.92\00:43:46.29
and I needed
that answered myself
00:43:46.29\00:43:49.12
when I first read those verses.
00:43:49.12\00:43:51.19
Jesus, when He says, "Do
not pray in vain repetition
00:43:51.19\00:43:54.00
as the heathen do,"
you know there are a lot
00:43:54.00\00:43:58.87
of heathen religions that will,
00:43:58.87\00:44:00.47
they'll count a bead and
say, every time they say a bead,
00:44:00.47\00:44:02.80
they repeat a prayer.
00:44:02.80\00:44:04.17
They'll just keep saying the
same thing over and over again
00:44:04.17\00:44:07.81
as if God is deaf.
00:44:07.81\00:44:09.71
Now, when
Elijah prayed for rain,
00:44:09.71\00:44:12.25
he prayed seven times in
one day, "Lord, send the rain,"
00:44:12.25\00:44:15.28
his prayer may have sounded
a little different each time,
00:44:15.28\00:44:17.32
but he kept praying for rain.
00:44:17.32\00:44:19.09
If you're
praying for a loved one
00:44:19.09\00:44:20.99
or you're praying
about a separate issue,
00:44:20.99\00:44:23.29
there's nothing wrong
with repeating that prayer.
00:44:23.29\00:44:25.63
Paul says that he prayed three
times about a medical problem
00:44:25.63\00:44:29.23
that he had and then
God finally said, "No, Paul,
00:44:29.23\00:44:32.27
stop praying about that
because the answer's no."
00:44:32.27\00:44:35.00
(Doug chuckles)
00:44:35.00\00:44:36.37
So you know, but if you're
praying for something good,
00:44:36.37\00:44:40.04
the children of Israel,
00:44:41.14\00:44:42.74
they prayed for
deliverance from their enemies
00:44:42.74\00:44:45.05
for years sometimes.
00:44:45.05\00:44:47.22
So nothing wrong with praying
persistently for a good thing,
00:44:47.22\00:44:50.82
you just don't
wanna sit there and go,
00:44:50.82\00:44:53.09
"Lord, feed me now, Lord,
feed me now, Lord, feed me now,"
00:44:53.09\00:44:56.16
and I've heard heathen
prayers that sound like that.
00:44:56.16\00:44:58.83
I would respectfully
disagree with the priests
00:44:58.83\00:45:02.86
that tell people that
if you wanna be forgiven
00:45:02.86\00:45:05.93
you must repeat the Hail
Mary or the Our Father 15 times
00:45:05.93\00:45:10.11
in a row, that's
praying in vain repetition,
00:45:10.11\00:45:13.41
but to say, "I'm
gonna continue to pray
00:45:13.41\00:45:15.74
for the salvation of
a loved one for years,"
00:45:15.74\00:45:19.51
that's a different issue,
00:45:19.51\00:45:20.62
there's examples
of that in the Bible.
00:45:20.62\00:45:23.08
- Okay, next one
that we have is Robert,
00:45:23.08\00:45:25.12
listening in New Jersey.
00:45:25.12\00:45:26.25
Robert, welcome to the program.
00:45:26.25\00:45:27.86
- [Robert] Good evening.
Pastors, Doug, and Pastors John.
00:45:29.12\00:45:32.36
- Evening.
00:45:32.36\00:45:33.16
- My question is (indistinct)
00:45:33.16\00:45:36.30
I found a little
curious in the the Bible,
00:45:36.30\00:45:38.47
The Bible states that God
is not a God of confusion.
00:45:38.47\00:45:42.50
Yet in two instances He
seems to have caused that,
00:45:43.87\00:45:47.08
like for
example in Genesis 11:7,
00:45:47.08\00:45:51.55
He caused confusion
at the Tower of Babel,
00:45:51.55\00:45:55.38
to disrupt the languages
00:45:55.38\00:45:57.62
and then have the people
scattered throughout the earth.
00:45:57.62\00:46:01.19
And another instance was
the Ammonites who were, like,
00:46:01.19\00:46:06.26
sworn foes of Israel.
00:46:07.50\00:46:09.53
It says that, in
the history of Israel,
00:46:09.53\00:46:12.80
Ammonites were among the army,
00:46:13.87\00:46:15.97
allied against King Jehoshaphat
00:46:15.97\00:46:18.31
and God caused
confusion among them,
00:46:18.31\00:46:20.61
and they destroyed themselves
00:46:20.61\00:46:22.18
and that's 2 Chronicles 20:1-23.
00:46:22.18\00:46:25.28
- Yep. - So how do we...
00:46:25.28\00:46:28.75
- How do you
00:46:28.75\00:46:30.02
reconcile the two? -
How do we make of this?
00:46:30.02\00:46:31.12
- Yeah, God is not
the author of confusion.
00:46:31.12\00:46:33.22
I think that's 1 Corinthians 14.
00:46:33.22\00:46:36.06
He says, "Let all
things be done decently."
00:46:36.06\00:46:38.03
God, of course, is
talking about His people,
00:46:38.03\00:46:40.43
and God was extremely precise
00:46:40.43\00:46:45.30
in telling the children of
Israel to be fastidious, clean,
00:46:45.30\00:46:48.87
orderly in what they did
in the camp, in the services,
00:46:48.87\00:46:52.57
and Paul repeats
that in the church,
00:46:53.64\00:46:56.31
that we should be orderly.
00:46:56.31\00:46:57.95
Order is a blessing of God,
00:46:57.95\00:47:00.55
disorder and chaos is a
curse that He often sent
00:47:00.55\00:47:03.82
to the enemies
because the people of Babylon
00:47:03.82\00:47:07.26
were rebelling against God,
00:47:07.26\00:47:10.09
He sent them
chaos and confusion.
00:47:10.09\00:47:13.03
Many times in the
Bible God will confound,
00:47:13.03\00:47:16.73
is one of the words
that's used, the enemies,
00:47:16.73\00:47:19.40
and confuse and
frustrate their plans.
00:47:19.40\00:47:22.07
He did it to the Amalekites
and probably several others.
00:47:22.07\00:47:24.24
I think at one point
during the Battle of Gideon,
00:47:24.24\00:47:26.94
they all turned on
each other in the chaos,
00:47:26.94\00:47:29.34
and so you'll see
that order and organization
00:47:29.34\00:47:34.15
are a blessing that
God wants among His people,
00:47:35.55\00:47:38.95
He wants us to strive for that.
00:47:38.95\00:47:40.92
When we reject God
and we embrace the devil,
00:47:40.92\00:47:44.16
then you're gonna
have disorder and chaos.
00:47:44.16\00:47:46.93
- You know the
verse you're referring to?
00:47:46.93\00:47:48.10
You mentioned in
passage 1 Corinthians 14,
00:47:48.10\00:47:50.97
there's two parts
of the verse that says,
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"For God is not the author
of confusion but of peace."
00:47:52.33\00:47:55.37
The next part of the verse says,
00:47:55.37\00:47:56.64
"As in all of the
churches of the saints,"
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so specifically
Paul is speaking about,
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when it comes to worship
and it comes to activities
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within the church,
there needs to be order,
00:48:03.68\00:48:06.51
things need to be done decently,
00:48:06.51\00:48:08.68
you don't wanna have
confusion in the church,
00:48:08.68\00:48:10.62
especially when
it comes to worship,
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that's quite different
than when God brought a judgment
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upon the Tower of Babel or upon
the enemies of God's people.
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Okay, good question-
- Good question, yeah.
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- Thank you.
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We've got, let's see, Dave,
00:48:20.66\00:48:21.93
he is listening from Alaska.
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Dave, welcome to the program.
00:48:23.90\00:48:25.40
- [Dave] Thank you, gentlemen,
and I appreciate your time.
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I'm gonna try and make
this quick and concise.
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Basically I've got a
history of mental illness
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and I feel like I've
always had this impression
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that someone wants
me to be a missionary
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in order to be saved,
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but I can't
live without my meds.
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Is Satan capable of
impersonating God in order to
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tell them to do something
to their own destruction?
00:48:48.76\00:48:51.23
- Okay, good question.
00:48:51.23\00:48:52.39
Is Satan able
to impersonate God?
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Well, yes and no.
00:48:57.97\00:48:59.03
In other words,
Satan can never be God,
00:48:59.03\00:49:02.14
does he try to
deceive people into thinking
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that God is speaking to them?
00:49:04.64\00:49:07.18
Oh yeah.
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There's a lot of religions
in the world that are false
00:49:08.54\00:49:10.71
and they're sure
God is guiding them,
00:49:10.71\00:49:13.01
and so Satan is impersonating
God and he's deceiving.
00:49:13.01\00:49:17.05
So how do we know
whether it's God or, you know,
00:49:17.05\00:49:21.26
the devil impersonating God?
00:49:21.26\00:49:22.99
For one thing,
we follow His Word,
00:49:22.99\00:49:25.49
we listen to Christian counsel,
00:49:25.49\00:49:27.66
we obey the promptings
of His Spirit as in harmony
00:49:27.66\00:49:31.97
with His Word, look
for providential openings.
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In fact, you might be
blessed by a book I wrote,
00:49:35.30\00:49:40.21
Dave, and it's called
"How to Know The Will of God."
00:49:40.21\00:49:44.38
So one of the things
that book will do is it'll try
00:49:44.38\00:49:46.85
and give you some
tools so you can know,
00:49:46.85\00:49:49.52
is this an
impression from the Lord?
00:49:49.52\00:49:51.39
Is God guiding me
to be a missionary?
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As you say, or whatever,
00:49:53.25\00:49:54.59
or is this just the
devil messing with my head,
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thinking I can't be
saved unless I'm a missionary?
00:49:56.62\00:49:59.03
First of all, I don't
think God calls everybody
00:49:59.03\00:50:00.96
to be missionaries,
00:50:00.96\00:50:02.60
there are different
gifts that are given
00:50:02.60\00:50:04.37
to different people.
00:50:04.37\00:50:05.87
I think that you're looking,
00:50:05.87\00:50:07.14
1 Corinthians 12 and
chapter 14 talks about
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different gifts of the Spirit.
00:50:11.07\00:50:12.84
Not everyone's a
pastor or a teacher.
00:50:12.84\00:50:15.11
- If you'd like
to receive the book,
00:50:15.11\00:50:16.34
I think it's called
"Determining the Will of God,"
00:50:16.34\00:50:17.98
we'll be happy to
send it to you, Dave,
00:50:17.98\00:50:19.61
or anyone who calls and ask.
00:50:19.61\00:50:21.35
The number is 800-835-6747.
00:50:21.35\00:50:24.62
And again, the book is called
"Determining the Will of God"
00:50:24.62\00:50:26.52
and we'll be happy to get it
in the mail and send it to you.
00:50:26.52\00:50:29.86
We've got Eric
listening in New Jersey.
00:50:29.86\00:50:31.43
Eric, welcome to the program.
00:50:31.43\00:50:32.96
- [Eric] Hi, good
night, God bless you, guys.
00:50:34.73\00:50:37.37
- Thank you. - I have a question
00:50:37.37\00:50:38.83
in Matthew 4:5, say that,
00:50:38.83\00:50:43.81
I hope you understand me,
00:50:46.81\00:50:48.38
that, "Then the devil
took Him up into the holy city,
00:50:48.38\00:50:52.95
taking Him to the
pinnacle of the temple."
00:50:54.08\00:50:57.12
- [Doug] Yes.
00:50:57.12\00:50:58.09
- My question is how the devil,
00:50:58.09\00:51:02.36
the devil took Jesus,
because Jesus was a man.
00:51:02.36\00:51:06.90
- Yes.
00:51:06.90\00:51:08.26
Well, that tells us something
about the power of the devil.
00:51:08.26\00:51:11.67
Now, whether the devil
physically put Him there,
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I'm inclined to think he did
because he wanted Him to jump
00:51:15.37\00:51:18.34
and physically die, but
that tells you something
00:51:18.34\00:51:22.18
about the devil,
00:51:22.18\00:51:23.51
to actually transport
three-dimensional objects,
00:51:23.51\00:51:26.11
or people, or creatures,
00:51:26.11\00:51:27.58
so it says he took
'em up to the temple,
00:51:29.68\00:51:31.72
it probably wasn't
just a vision of the temple,
00:51:31.72\00:51:35.22
and said, "Throw yourself down."
00:51:35.22\00:51:36.89
By the way, I was reading this
week that the, is it Josephus
00:51:38.29\00:51:42.80
tells us, I believe, that James,
00:51:43.70\00:51:46.20
the brother of Jesus,
so angered the scribes,
00:51:46.20\00:51:49.80
they ultimately took
him to the top of the temple
00:51:49.80\00:51:51.61
and threw him off,
same place where the devil
00:51:51.61\00:51:53.58
took Jesus, the
brother of James,
00:51:53.58\00:51:55.48
the brother of
Jesus or half-brother,
00:51:55.48\00:51:57.45
was tossed off the temple.
00:51:57.45\00:52:00.48
So I think, yeah, the
devil took Him up there.
00:52:00.48\00:52:03.82
What do you think?
- Yeah, absolutely.
00:52:03.82\00:52:05.19
And of course the devil
does have power to move things.
00:52:05.19\00:52:08.12
I mean, there are
those who are involved
00:52:08.12\00:52:11.09
in a different seance or cults,
00:52:11.09\00:52:13.46
and they'll testify
that things do move,
00:52:13.46\00:52:16.06
tables move, people move,
00:52:16.06\00:52:17.50
so the devil does
the power to move things.
00:52:17.50\00:52:19.77
- Yeah. - And move people.
00:52:19.77\00:52:20.90
- It happens on Star Trek,
00:52:20.90\00:52:22.04
it must be true. (both laugh)
00:52:22.04\00:52:24.31
- Must be true, huh? (laughs)
00:52:24.31\00:52:25.84
- Yeah.
00:52:25.84\00:52:26.64
- All right. - Sorry, folks,
00:52:26.64\00:52:27.31
forgive me for that.
00:52:27.31\00:52:28.38
- Thank you, thank
you, Eric, for your call.
00:52:28.38\00:52:30.51
We've got Brian
listening in Washington.
00:52:30.51\00:52:32.35
Brian, welcome to the program.
00:52:32.35\00:52:33.92
- [Brian] Hi Doug, hi Ross.
00:52:35.98\00:52:37.25
- Hi. - I've got a question
00:52:37.25\00:52:39.92
on Genesis 32:22-32. - Yeah.
00:52:39.92\00:52:44.99
- Can you explain the purpose
of Jacob's wrestling with God
00:52:46.39\00:52:49.80
and why his hip was
permanently displaced?
00:52:49.80\00:52:53.77
- Okay, yeah, I'll do my best.
00:52:53.77\00:52:56.91
Of course, Jacob had deceived
his parents and his brother,
00:52:56.91\00:53:01.88
and through the, he
tried to steal his birthright.
00:53:03.24\00:53:07.02
Now he's coming back
into the promised land
00:53:07.02\00:53:09.68
and he's wanting to
know that God forgave him.
00:53:09.68\00:53:13.02
I think Jacob
wrestling with the angel,
00:53:13.02\00:53:14.72
of course, you
can't wrestle with God,
00:53:14.72\00:53:16.06
God can pin you in a
fraction of a second,
00:53:16.06\00:53:18.49
God can toss
you out of the ring,
00:53:18.49\00:53:20.33
so how do you wrestle with God?
00:53:20.33\00:53:22.86
That is, I
think, God allowed that
00:53:22.86\00:53:25.00
to show that sometimes we
wrestle with God in prayer.
00:53:25.00\00:53:27.97
Jacob went off by himself to
pray and then the man appears,
00:53:27.97\00:53:32.57
and he thought that maybe
there was some vandal or robber,
00:53:32.57\00:53:35.81
and Jacob
instinctively, you know,
00:53:35.81\00:53:38.55
goes to defend himself
and one hold after another
00:53:38.55\00:53:41.92
doesn't seem to work, and
they wrestled for quite a while
00:53:41.92\00:53:46.32
and I think it's
there to depict prayer,
00:53:46.32\00:53:49.82
and it actually talks about
the time of Jacob's trouble
00:53:49.82\00:53:53.83
in the prophecies, and
I forget, is it Jeremiah?
00:53:53.83\00:53:58.10
Is it time of Jacob's trouble?
00:53:58.10\00:53:59.83
And it depicts this wrestling.
00:53:59.83\00:54:02.24
So finally Jacob,
the angel touches him
00:54:02.24\00:54:05.31
and it puts his hip outta joint,
00:54:05.31\00:54:07.71
he really had to be
humbled but he would not let go,
00:54:09.04\00:54:11.58
even though he
is in intense pain,
00:54:11.58\00:54:12.71
he would not let go
of God, and he said,
00:54:12.71\00:54:14.52
"I will not let You
go unless You bless me.
00:54:14.52\00:54:16.99
This is where Jacob gets
his name changed to Israel,
00:54:16.99\00:54:19.95
"One who triumphs
as a prince with God,"
00:54:19.95\00:54:23.02
and when we hang on to
God's promises, we triumph,
00:54:23.02\00:54:26.16
we get a new name.
00:54:26.16\00:54:27.23
There's just a
whole scenario in that,
00:54:27.23\00:54:29.50
in the context of
wrestling in prayer.
00:54:29.50\00:54:32.23
- I think the verse
you're referring to,
00:54:32.23\00:54:33.57
pastor, Jeremiah 30:7
talks about Jacob's wrestling,
00:54:33.57\00:54:38.01
Jacob's time of
trouble, and of course
00:54:38.01\00:54:40.04
that's the type of
God's people in the last days,
00:54:40.04\00:54:42.11
their faith will be
tried and they will have
00:54:42.11\00:54:44.51
to claim those
promises and hold on to them.
00:54:44.51\00:54:46.82
In essence, they go through
a Jacob's time of trouble.
00:54:46.82\00:54:49.15
- Yes, that's true.
00:54:49.15\00:54:50.55
Now, listening friends,
we are gonna be wrapping up.
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We sort of do
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Right, Pastor Doug, we
have Charlene from England
00:55:43.47\00:55:45.81
and she'd like to know
where did Cain find his wife?
00:55:45.81\00:55:49.64
- Yeah, that's a
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00:55:49.64\00:55:51.68
because people
begin reading the Bible
00:55:51.68\00:55:54.08
and then after
Cain kills his brother
00:55:54.08\00:55:56.79
and he's sort of
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00:55:56.79\00:56:00.12
God places the mark on Cain,
00:56:00.12\00:56:01.69
it says Cain took his wife
and you go, "Wait a second here,
00:56:01.69\00:56:06.36
there was Cain and
Abel, he kills his brother,
00:56:06.36\00:56:08.50
there's only Adam and Eve,
where's the wife come from?"
00:56:08.50\00:56:11.80
Well, when you get to Genesis 5,
00:56:11.80\00:56:13.77
we realize that it only
mentions the firstborn boys,
00:56:13.77\00:56:17.31
typically in this
patriarchal society,
00:56:17.31\00:56:20.84
it says Adam and Eve had
other sons and daughters,
00:56:20.84\00:56:24.48
and so Cain, and Seth,
and the other patriarchs,
00:56:24.48\00:56:29.55
they often
married their sisters,
00:56:30.62\00:56:31.69
they had to marry their sisters.
00:56:31.69\00:56:33.36
If you think about it,
Adam sort of married his sister.
00:56:33.36\00:56:36.79
I mean, they both were
created by the same parent
00:56:36.79\00:56:40.33
you might say, and you go
further down in the Bible,
00:56:40.33\00:56:43.40
Abraham married his half-sister,
00:56:43.40\00:56:45.57
Jacob married his first cousin.
00:56:46.60\00:56:48.44
It was not, there
was no genetic problems
00:56:48.44\00:56:50.61
when they married their
sisters back in the beginning
00:56:50.61\00:56:52.77
'cause people's genes
were perfectly robust.
00:56:52.77\00:56:57.01
- Okay, another question
that we have, Linda's asking,
00:56:57.01\00:56:58.85
"Did Jesus take
the Nazarite vow?"
00:56:58.85\00:57:01.28
- Yeah, good question.
00:57:02.05\00:57:03.02
It doesn't specifically say it,
00:57:03.02\00:57:04.59
but it is possible that
Jesus took the Nazarite vow
00:57:04.59\00:57:07.59
or that Mary and Joseph
had Jesus follow that vow
00:57:07.59\00:57:10.96
up until His baptism.
00:57:10.96\00:57:12.49
A person might take the vow
for a limited period of time,
00:57:12.49\00:57:15.76
or a person might
take the vow until,
00:57:15.76\00:57:17.90
you know, a certain age,
00:57:17.90\00:57:19.70
and certainly when
Christ was baptized it says,
00:57:19.70\00:57:22.30
then He was, you
know, drinking grape juice,
00:57:22.30\00:57:24.34
which a Nazarite
was not supposed to do,
00:57:24.34\00:57:26.61
that's why so many artists
depict Jesus with longer hair
00:57:26.61\00:57:30.58
'cause the
Nazarites were not supposed
00:57:30.58\00:57:32.11
to cut their hair like Samson.
00:57:32.11\00:57:34.35
Samuel had taken
the Nazarite vow,
00:57:34.35\00:57:37.12
and, but he
probably took it for life.
00:57:37.12\00:57:39.32
So we don't know,
00:57:39.32\00:57:41.02
but it is possible He
took it up until His baptism.
00:57:41.02\00:57:44.39
- Okay, we have
another question.
00:57:44.39\00:57:45.53
How do we know if
we have true faith
00:57:45.53\00:57:47.93
without being presumptuous?
00:57:47.93\00:57:49.43
- Yeah, how do you know if you,
00:57:50.60\00:57:52.23
the Bible says you
don't wanna tempt the Lord,
00:57:52.23\00:57:54.67
you don't say,
"Lord, I've got faith
00:57:54.67\00:57:55.80
that I can jump off the temple,"
00:57:55.80\00:57:57.64
'cause that is
tempting the Lord,
00:57:57.64\00:57:59.71
but if there's
something in God's Word
00:57:59.71\00:58:02.38
where He is
giving us some direction,
00:58:02.38\00:58:04.75
we can follow
that with confidence,
00:58:04.75\00:58:07.02
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the Bible we know are safe.
00:58:07.02\00:58:10.15
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